GKAP Analysis
Questions
Legal
- Close-ended Question: “Would you be willing or unwilling to contribute a DNA sample, for example by a swab from your mouth, for use in current or future investigations to determine a person’s guilt or innocence of a particular crime?”
- Willing
- Somewhat Willing
- Somewhat Unwilling
- Unwilling
- Open-ended Question: “Why [would/wouldn’t] you be willing to?”
Medical
- Close-ended Question: “Would you be willing or unwilling to contribute a DNA sample, for example by a swab from your mouth, for use in current or future scientific or medical research?”
- Willing
- Somewhat Willing
- Somewhat Unwilling
- Unwilling
- Open-ended Question: “Why [would/wouldn’t] you be willing to?”
Topline Summary
- Number of Respondents
- 2011: 4291
- 2017: 1777
Open-Ended Analysis
Close-Ended Analysis
Note: The close-ended responses are ordinal variables ranging in willingness to contribute to a biobank. Now, the response numeric value will align to the following ordinal schema: Unwilling = 0, Somewhat Unwilling = 1, Somewhat Willing = 2, Willing = 3. Increasing numeric value indicates increased willingness to contribute to a biobank.
The following figures show differences in willingness across different demographics.
Politics
Race/Ethnicity
Age
Gender
Income
Education
